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- Big Fish n 1: an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very Big Fish" [syn: big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, Big Fish, head honcho]
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Alabama
Alabama () is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland waterways. The state ranks 23rd in population with almost 4.6 million residents in 2006.
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Auburn University
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Clayton, Georgia
Clayton is a city in Rabun County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,019 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Rabun County.
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DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses totalling more than $100 million each.
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Korea
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Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery () is the capital, second most populous city, and the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the Southern U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. The city population was 201,568 as of the 2000 census. Montgomery is the primary city of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2000 population of 346,528, making it the fourth largest in the state. As of 2009 the estimated population of Montgomery is 202,124.
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Tallassee, Alabama
:For the Overhill Cherokee village in Tennessee, see Tallassee (Cherokee town).
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Wetumpka, Alabama
Wetumpka is a city in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 5,726.
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A. O. Scott
Anthony Oliver Scott, known as A.O. Scott (born July 10, 1966), is an American journalist and critic. He is a chief film critic for The New York Times, along with Manohla Dargis.
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Albert Finney
Albert Finney (born 9 May 1936) is an English actor. He achieved prominence in films during the early 1960s, and has maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television.
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Alison Lohman
Alison Marion Lohman (born September 18, 1979) is an American actress. She has had lead roles in the films White Oleander, Where the Truth Lies, Flicka and Drag Me to Hell as well as smaller parts in Matchstick Men, Big Fish and Beowulf. She has also been on several television shows including 7th Heaven, Crusade, Tucker, and Pasadena.
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Billy Redden
Billy Redden (born 1956 in Rabun County, Georgia) is an American actor best known for his role as Lonnie, the banjo-playing boy, in the 1972 movie Deliverance.
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Bruce Cohen
Bruce Cohen is an American film producer. Cohen and his producing partner, Dan Jinks, run The Jinks/ Cohen Company. Cohen and Jinks produced American Beauty, winner of the 1999 Academy Award for Best Picture. Among other films that Cohen has produced are The Forgotten, Big Fish, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, and most recently, Milk, his second Best Picture nomination. In 2009, Cohen wore a White Knot to the Academy Awards ceremony as a show of support for the marriage equality movement.
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Chris Lebenzon
Christopher John "Chris" Lebenzon (born October 29, 1953) is an American film editor with more than 36 film credits dating from 1976. Lebenzon has been nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for the films Top Gun (1986) and Crimson Tide (1995). He won the ACE Eddie Award for (2007).
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Colleen Atwood
Colleen Atwood (born 1950) is an American costume designer.
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Dan Jinks
Dan Jinks is an American film producer. He co-owns with Bruce Cohen The Jinks/Cohen Company, a production company which has produced films such as American Beauty and Milk.
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Danny DeVito
Daniel Michael "Danny" DeVito, Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor, comedian, director, and producer. He first gained prominence for his portrayal of Louie De Palma on the ABC and NBC TV series Taxi (1978–1983), for which he won a Golden Globe and an Emmy.
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Danny Elfman
Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American musician, best known for composing music for television and movies and leading the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer/songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995. He is a frequent collaborator with long-time friend Tim Burton and has scored most of his films (the exceptions being Ed Wood and ). He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Tim Burton's Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme. Elfman is famous for creating The Simpsons main title theme, and his role as Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He also sang for the character Bonejangles in the movie Corpse Bride. He is the uncle in-law to actress Jenna Elfman.
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Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979) was an American producer, writer, actor, director, and studio executive who played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors (the length of his career being rivalled only by that of Adolph Zukor).
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Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr (b. c. 1950) is an American film critic in the United States. A critic at the Chicago Reader and the Chicago Tribune for many years, he writes a weekly column for The New York Times on DVD releases, in addition to contributing occasional pieces on individual films or filmmakers.
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David Denman
David Denman (born July 25, 1973; Newport Beach, California) is an American actor whose feature film credits include Out Cold and Big Fish. His television roles include Skip on the television series Angel and Roy on the American version of The Office. He is a graduate of The Juilliard Drama Division, Group 26.
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Deep Roy
Gurdeep Roy (born 1957), sometimes credited as Roy Deep, Gordeep Roy, or just Deep Roy, is a Kenyan-born Indian actor, stuntman and puppeteer.
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Dennis Gassner
Dennis Gassner (born 1948) is an art director. He has been nominated four times and has won once. The movies which he received nominations for are:
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Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III; December 23, 1964) is an American musician and singer-songwriter who serves as the lead vocalist and one of three guitarists for the American Alternative rock band Pearl Jam. Vedder left the Southern California music scene and moved to Seattle, Washington in 1990 to join Pearl Jam where he rose to fame amid the grunge movement of the early 1990s. He is notable for his "golden baritone" vocal style, and is considered a cultural icon of alternative rock.
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Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor who has had success in mainstream, indie and art house films. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Mark Renton in the 1996 film Trainspotting, the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the romantic penniless writer Christian in the 2001 film Moulin Rouge!
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Greg Dean Schmitz
Greg Dean Schmitz (born August 18, 1970) is an American online film critic known for his movie news website, Upcomingmovies.com (1997 to 2002), and its second version as ''Greg's Previews of Upcoming Movies as part of Yahoo! Movies (2002 to 2007). Schmitz is currently the weekly columnist of The Weekly Ketchup'' for Rotten Tomatoes and a contributing columnist for Fandango.
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Hailey Anne Nelson
Hailey Anne Nelson (born September 14, 1994) is an American actress. Nelson is best known for her roles in Big Fish (as the young Jenny) and in Walk the Line (as Rosanne Cash).
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Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. Bonham Carter made her film debut in the K. M. Peyton film, A Pattern of Roses, before appearing in her first leading role in Lady Jane. She is best known for her portrayals of Lucy Honeychurch in the film A Room with a View, Marla Singer in the film Fight Club, Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter film series, her Oscar-nominated performance as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove, her BAFTA-nominated performance as Enid Blyton in Enid, her Golden Globe-nominated performance as Mrs. Lovett in , as well as her other collaborations with Tim Burton, her domestic partner since 2001.
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Jack Nicholson
John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor, film director and producer. He is renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters.
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Jessica Lange
Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American stage and screen actress. With a career that has spanned thirty-five years with 2 academy awards won and 6 nominations, she may be most notable for her performances in Frances, Tootsie, Sweet Dreams, Blue Sky, and Grey Gardens.
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John August
John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director, best known for his frequent screenwriting collaborations with Tim Burton.
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Johnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow.
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Korean War
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Marion Cotillard
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Matthew McGrory
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Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American actress and pop singer. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana.
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Missi Pyle
Andrea Kay "Missi" Pyle (born November 16, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in several films, including Galaxy Quest, , Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. She is also the other half of Smith & Pyle, a desert country-rock band, with actress Shawnee Smith.
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Owen Gleiberman
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People (magazine)
People (originally called People Weekly) is a weekly American magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Time Inc. As of 2006, it has a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation and advertising. People ranked #6 on Advertising Age's annual "A-list" and #3 on ''Adweek's'' "Brand Blazers" list in October 2006.
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Philippe Rousselot
Philippe Rousselot (born 4 September 1945) is a French director of photography.
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Richard Corliss
Richard Nelson Corliss (born March 6, 1944) is a writer for Time magazine who focuses on movies, with the occasional article on music or sports. Corliss is the former editor-in-chief of Film Comment. Talking Pictures, one of his three books as well as his writing for TIME and other publications were some of the first writings to help draw attention to the role of the screenwriter, as opposed to the director, in the creation of movies.
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Richard D. Zanuck
Richard Darryl Zanuck (born December 13, 1934) is an American film producer.
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (; born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and screenwriter. Forbes has described him as "the most powerful pundit in America".
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Stan Winston
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Stephen Daldry
Stephen David Daldry, CBE (born 2 May 1961) is an English theatre and film director and producer, as well as a three-time Academy Award nominated and Tony Award winning director.
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg, (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer and video game designer. In a career spanning six decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an archetype of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing such issues as the Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism. He is considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He is also one of the founders of DreamWorks.
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Tall tale
A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. Some such stories are exaggerations of actual events, ('the fish that got away') such as, "that fish was so big, why I tell ya', it nearly sank the boat when I pulled it in!" Other tall tales are completely fictional tales in a familiar setting, such as the American Old West or the beginning of the Industrial Age. Tall tales are often told so as to make the narrator seem to have been a part of the story. They are usually humorous or witty. The line between myth and tall tale is distinguished primarily by age; many myths exaggerate the exploits of their heroes, but in tall tales the exaggeration looms large, to the extent of becoming the whole of the story.
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Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is a screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991), and 12 Monkeys (1995). He is the only "Python" not born in Britain, and took British citizenship in 1968.
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Tim Burton
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and , and for blockbusters such as ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Batman Returns, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland'', his most recent film, that is currently the second highest-grossing film of 2010 as well as the sixth highest-grossing film of all time. Among Burton's many collaborators are Johnny Depp, who became one of his most esteemed friends since their first film together, musician Danny Elfman (who has composed for all but five of the films Burton has directed and/or produced) and domestic partner Helena Bonham Carter. He also wrote and illustrated the poetry book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, published in 1997, and a compilation of his drawings, entitled The Art of Tim Burton, was released in 2009.
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Big Fish (2003)
"Big Fish (2003)" Actors
- Ewan Mcgregor
- Albert Finney
- Jessica Lange
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Alison Lohman
- Robert Guillaume
- Marion Cotillard
- Matthew Mcgrory
- David Denman
- Loudon Wainwright Iii
- Ada Tai
- Arlene Tai
- Billy Crudup
- Missi Pyle
- Steve Buscemi
"Big Fish (2003)" Director
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Big Fish - trailer
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- Duration: 2:25
- Published: 12 Nov 2006
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
trailer do filme Big Fish
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Big Fish
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- Duration: 125:08
- Published: 18 Oct 2011
- Updated: 14 May 2012
In the heartwarming film Big Fish, director Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissorhands) brings his inimitable imagination on a journey that delves deep into a fabled relationship between a father and his son. Edward Bloom (Finney) has always been a teller of tall tales about his oversized life as a young man (McGregor), when his wanderlust led him on an unlikely journey from a small town in Alabama, around the world, and back again. His mythic exploits dart from the delightful to the delirious as he weaves epic tales about giants, blizzards, a witch, and conjoined-twin lounge singers. With his larger-than-life stories, Bloom charms almost everyone he encounters except for his estranged son Will (Cruddup). When his mother Sandra (Lange) tries to reunite them, Will must learn how to separate fact from fiction as he comes to terms with his father's great feats and great fallings. 2003 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Bob The Builder: Big Fish Little Fish (Cardboard Box)
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- Duration: 3:39
- Published: 01 Dec 2009
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
Bob the Builder and his Machine Team can now be seen in all new adventures in their fresh-look TV series - Ready, Steady, Build! - now on CBeebies! Bob the Builder games, projects and latest news can be found at www.bobthebuilder.com For a full range of Bob the Builder toys and games visit www.bobthebuilder.com/shop
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Girl Catches Scary Big Fish! (As Seen On Country Fried Home Videos)
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- Duration: 2:02
- Published: 16 Nov 2007
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
The Video From CMT's Country Fried Video! Using nothing more than a soda bottle, a hook, and some string. This fish has a large mouth full of teeth!!! Video Features Heather LaCroix.
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Big Fish
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- Duration: 3:56
- Published: 07 Jul 2007
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
Quote From Nik (Singer and Writer) "Hi I'm Nik Martin. The Writer and Singer of Big Fish Little Fish. If you send an e mail to info@mediamusicuk.com with party songs in the subject i'll send you all the info you need to get hold of the songs." Thanks to DURKLE42 for sending me this....
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Reel Big Fish: Army Soldier KO's Goliath Grouper Fish! Chew On This
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- Duration: 2:14
- Published: 25 Jun 2008
- Updated: 16 Jun 2012
Biggest Largest Fish Ever for this Soldier. Reel Big Fish angling. Book your Goliath Grouper Fishing Charter here: chewonthis.tv This clip is amazing. Richie Young from the United States Army battles a giant Goliath Grouper Bass by hand with a 12 pound Sting Ray used as bait. The Goliath...
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BIG FISH - HQ Trailer ( 2003 )
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- Duration: 2:16
- Published: 19 May 2008
- Updated: 17 Jun 2012
Trailer for Tim Burton's film
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Big Fish
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- Duration: 2:37
- Published: 20 Aug 2006
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
The Best Final
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Big Fish - Circus Scene
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- Duration: 1:43
- Published: 05 Jul 2009
- Updated: 15 Jun 2012
When Young Edward Bloom first saw Sandra Templeton.
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Big Fish Official Trailer HQ
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- Duration: 2:25
- Published: 20 Dec 2009
- Updated: 05 Jun 2012
Big Fish Official Trailer HQ 480w
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The Biggest Fish In The World
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- Duration: 0:32
- Published: 05 Nov 2008
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
A picture of the biggest fish in the world.
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Fishing Giant Goliath Grouper Jewfish! Going To Work! Chew On This Shows Videos
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- Duration: 22:25
- Published: 29 Jan 2007
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
Biggest Fish in the World Ever! Watch Captain Ben Chancey of the "Chew On This" Saltwater Fishing Show battle the largest fish of his life while nearly getting pulled overboard. chewonthis.tv His rod snaps in two and he has to land the fish by hand. The Goliath he lands is nearly 8 foot long...
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Reel Big Fish - Sell Out
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- Duration: 4:28
- Published: 25 Oct 2009
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
Music video by Reel Big Fish performing Sell Out. (C) 1996 ZMJO Corporation
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Big Fish flowers scene
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- Duration: 5:45
- Published: 08 Mar 2009
- Updated: 17 Jun 2012
Big Fish Trailer HD
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- Duration: 2:17
- Published: 20 Aug 2009
- Updated: 26 May 2012
In Theaters: 19 August 2005 (UK) The story revolves around a dying father and his son, who is trying to learn more about his dad by piecing together the stories he has gathered over the years. The son winds up re-creating his father's elusive life in a series of legends and myths inspired by the few facts he knows. Through these tales, the son begins to understand his father's great feats and his great failings. Genre:Family/Comedy Director:Tim Burton Cast:Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup
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Reel Big Fish - Sell Out
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- Duration: 5:42
- Published: 25 Oct 2009
- Updated: 18 Jun 2012
Music video by Reel Big Fish performing Sell Out. (C) 1996 ZMJO Corporation
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the big fish - twin girls dance in vietnam
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- Duration: 3:04
- Published: 11 Jun 2006
- Updated: 16 Jun 2012
the big fish - twin girls dance in vietnam the funniest girls
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Big Fish - FFH
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- Duration: 3:31
- Published: 09 Apr 2009
- Updated: 15 Jun 2012
A music video made of the song "Big Fish" perfomed by FFH from the album "Far From Home: The FFH Collection".
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Bob The Builder - Big Fish, Little Fish...Upload your dance video for a chance to be on Bob's DVD!
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- Duration: 3:44
- Published: 06 Nov 2008
- Updated: 14 Jun 2012
JOIN BOB THE BUILDER AND DO THE BIG FISH LITTLE FISH DANCE Bob the Builder is back with his new song Big Fish Little Fish, out on 24 November! To celebrate, Bob is running a competition to find the best performer of the BIG FISH LITTLE FISH dance. To enter, all you have to do is upload yourself, friends and family doing the dance, and post them as a video response below. All entries will be viewed and the winners will be announced and featured on Bobs YouTube channel uk.youtube.com The winning clip will also be added to a Bob DVD release in 2009! To help you with his moves, Bobs created a dance tutorial (featured), and full colour dance sheet for you to download zaphod.uk.vvhp.net Competition closes 31 December 2008. Join in the fun and do the Big Fish Little Fish dance now! Bob's new album 'Nevermind The Breeze Blocks' is out on the 1st December! Pre-order a copy here - zaphod.uk.vvhp.net T&Cs 1.The competition commences on November 17th 2008 at 6pm GMT and all entries must be submitted to the site on or before December 31st 2008 at 11:59pm GMT (the contest closing date). 2. If you are under the age of eighteen (18) you must obtain permission from your parent or guardian before you enter this competition. 3. The Contest is open to all individuals except for employees of the Sponsors and their affiliated companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and all persons with whom such excepted persons are domiciled 4. All decisions of the judging panel are final. 5. Entries <b>...</b>
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reel big fish - beer (lyrics)
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- Duration: 3:33
- Published: 25 Jul 2008
- Updated: 17 Jun 2012
the lyrics to reel big fish's song "beer" from "our live album is better than your live album" for more rbf lyrics and other lyrics check DPC1426's channel and my channel www.youtube.com lyrics:1 2 3 4 She called me late last night To say she loved me so It didn't matter anymore, I'll say she never cared And that she never will I'd do it all again I guess I'll have to wait until then If I get drunk well I'll pass out on the floor now baby, You won't bother me no more, And if I'm drinkin' well You know that you're my friend And I say I think I'll have myself a beer. She called me late last night To say she loved me, so But I guess She changed Her mind. Well I should have known it wouldn't be all right But I can't live without her So I won't even try... If I get drunk well I'll pass out on the floor now baby, You won't bother me no more, And if I'm drinkin' well You know that you're my friend And I say I think I'll have myself a beer. Maybe some day, I'll think of what to say, Maybe next time I'll remember what to do! (do, do, do) She looks like heaven, maybe this is hell, Said she'd do it all again She promised not to tell! If I get drunk well, I'll pass out on the floor now baby You won't bother me no more (and she said) It's OK boy cause You know we'll be good friends and I say I think I'll have myself a beer I think I'll have myself a Woaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhhh oh Woaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhhh oh Woaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhhh oh <b>...</b>
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Big Fish Soundtrack - Big Fish Titles
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- Duration: 4:33
- Published: 01 Oct 2009
- Updated: 17 Jun 2012
From the 'Big Fish' soundtrack, by Danny Elfman. 09: Big Fish Titles (Main Theme).
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Reel Big Fish - Hungry Like A Wolf
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- Duration: 3:34
- Published: 08 Jan 2006
- Updated: 17 Jun 2012
i didn't make the video, i found it and posted it
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Noodling Big Fish
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- Duration: 2:14
- Published: 03 Jun 2009
- Updated: 17 Jun 2012
WARNING!!! Dont go in deep water when noodling catfish , dont go alone,dont go into water with a strong current and dont go the water if you live in a state with alligators or crocadiles poisoness snakes, be aware of snapping turtles,muscrats,beavers,leaches,never tie yourself too a fish because many have died from tieing there self too the fish and and beware of loose rocks,watch out for caving holes in the side of banks,it is best too go with someone expirenced. GOOD LUCK. my cuz and I went noodlind and caught three fish that weighed 27 Lb, 24 Lb, and 17Lb......
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This article is about a 2003 film. For other uses, see Big Fish (disambiguation).
| Big Fish | |
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| File:Big Fish movie.jpg Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Tim Burton |
| Produced by | Dan Jinks Bruce Cohen Richard D. Zanuck |
| Screenplay by | John August |
| Based on | Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace |
| Starring | Ewan McGregor Albert Finney Billy Crudup Jessica Lange Marion Cotillard Alison Lohman Steve Buscemi Danny DeVito Helena Bonham Carter Hailey Anne Nelson Matthew McGrory Destiny Cyrus |
| Music by | Danny Elfman |
| Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot |
| Editing by | Chris Lebenzon |
| Studio | Jinks/Cohen Company The Zanuck Company Tim Burton Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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| Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70 million |
| Box office | $122,919,055 |
Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy adventure film based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Albert Finney, Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange and Marion Cotillard. Other roles are performed by Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew McGrory, Danny DeVito, Deep Roy and Miley Cyrus among others. Finney plays Edward Bloom, a former traveling salesman from the Southern United States with a gift for storytelling, now confined to his deathbed. Bloom's estranged son, a journalist played by Crudup, attempts to mend their relationship as his dying father relates tall tales of his eventful life as a young adult, played by Ewan McGregor.
Screenwriter John August read a manuscript of the novel six months before it was published and convinced Columbia Pictures to acquire the rights. August began adapting the novel while producers negotiated with Steven Spielberg who planned to direct after finishing Minority Report (2002). Spielberg considered Jack Nicholson for the role of Edward Bloom, but eventually dropped the project to focus on Catch Me If You Can (2002). Tim Burton and Richard D. Zanuck took over after completing Planet of the Apes (2001) and brought Albert Finney and Ewan McGregor on board.
The film's theme of reconciliation between a dying father and his son had special significance for Burton, as his father had died in 2000 and his mother in 2002, a month before he signed on to direct. Big Fish was shot on location in Alabama in a series of fairy tale vignettes evoking the tone of a Southern Gothic fantasy. The film received award nominations in multiple film categories, including four Golden Globe nominations, seven nominations from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, two Saturn Award nominations, and an Oscar and a Grammy Award nomination for Danny Elfman's original score.
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Plot[link]
At his son's wedding party, Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) tells the same tale he's told many times over the years: on the day Will (Billy Crudup) was born, he was out catching an enormous uncatchable fish, using his wedding ring as bait. Will is annoyed, explaining to his wife Joséphine (Marion Cotillard) that because his father never told the straight truth about anything, he felt unable to trust him. He is troubled to think that he might have a similarly difficult relationship with his future children. Will's relationship with his father becomes so strained that they do not talk for three years. But when his father's health starts to fail, Will and the now pregnant Joséphine return to Alabama. On the plane, Will recalls his father's tale of how he braved a swamp as a child, and met a witch (Helena Bonham Carter) who showed him his death in her glass eye. With this knowledge, Edward knew there were no odds he could not face.
Edward continues telling tall tales, claiming he spent three years confined to a bed as a child because his body was growing too fast. He became a successful sports player, but found the town of Ashton too small for his ambition, and set off with the misunderstood giant Karl (Matthew McGrory). Edward discovers the hidden town of Spectre, where everyone is friendly to the point of comfortably walking around barefoot. Edward leaves because he does not want to settle anywhere yet, but promises to a young girl named Jenny (Hailey Anne Nelson) that he will return. Karl and Edward begin working at a circus; Edward works without pay, as he has been promised by the ringmaster Amos Calloway (Danny DeVito) that each month he will learn something new about a girl he fell in love with (at first sight). Three years later, having only learned trivia about her, Edward discovers Amos is a werewolf. In return for his refusal to harm him in his monstrous state, Amos tells Edward the girl's name is Sandra Templeton (Alison Lohman) and she studies at Auburn University.
Edward learns Sandra is engaged to Don Price (David Denman), whom Edward always overshadowed during his days in Ashton. Sandra makes Edward promise not to fight Don. Don beats Edward up when he learns about his feelings for her, but this only disgusts Sandra into ending their engagement and falling for Edward. Edward later reveals that Don died from a heart attack on the toilet bowl at an early age (as Don saw in the Witch's eye). During his recovery, Edward is conscripted by the army and sent to the Korean War. He parachutes into the middle of a show entertaining North Korean troops, steals important documents, and convinces Siamese twin dancers Ping and Jing to help him get back to the United States, where he will make them stars. He is unable to contact anyone on his journey home, and the military declares him dead. This limits Edward's job options when he does return home, so he becomes a traveling salesman. Meeting the poet Norther Winslow from Spectre again, he unwittingly helps him rob a bank, which is already bankrupt. Edward suggests Winslow work at Wall Street, and Winslow thanks Edward for his advice by sending him $10,000, which he uses to buy a dream house.
Still unimpressed by his father's stories, Will demands to know the truth, but Edward explains that is who he is: a storyteller. Will finds Spectre, and meets an older Jenny (Helena Bonham Carter), who explains that Edward rescued the town from bankruptcy by buying it at an auction and rebuilding it with financial help from many of his previous acquaintances. Will suggests his father had been having an affair with Jenny, to which she replies that while she had indeed fallen in love with him, Edward could never love any woman other than Sandra. When Will returns home, he is informed his father had a stroke and is at the hospital. He goes to visit him there and finds him only partly conscious, and unable to speak at length. Since Edward can no longer tell stories, he asks Will to tell him the story of how it all ends: escaping from the hospital, they go to the river where everyone in Edward's life appears to bid him goodbye. Will carries his father into the river where he becomes what he always had been: a very big fish. Edward then dies, knowing his son finally understands his love of storytelling. At the funeral, Will sees many of his father's more unusual friends, including Amos, Karl, Ping and Jing, and Norther Winslow. Will realizes that his father's stories were true, only exaggerated, making Karl a giant (he is, in fact, 7'6") and making Ping and Jing conjoined when they are merely twins. When his own son is born, Will passes on his father's stories, remarking that his father became his stories, allowing him to live forever.
Cast[link]
- Albert Finney as the oldest Edward Bloom.
- Ewan McGregor as a younger Edward.
- Christopher Mcpherson plays Edward as a child.
- Jessica Lange as Sandra K. Bloom: Edward's wife.
- Alison Lohman as the younger Sandra, née Templeton.
- Billy Crudup as William Bloom.
- Marion Cotillard as Joséphine Bloom.
- Helena Bonham Carter as Jennifer Hill (Jenny). Bonham Carter also plays an elderly Witch who gives a young Bloom a vision of his future death.
- Hailey Anne Nelson plays Jenny as an eight year old when Edward first meets her.
- Robert Guillaume as Dr. Bennett: The family doctor.
- Matthew McGrory as Karl the Giant.
- Danny DeVito as Amos Calloway: A circus ringmaster.
- Steve Buscemi as Norther Winslow: A poet from Ashton who supposedly went missing, having never left the idyllic town of Spectre.
- Ada Tai and Arlene Tai as Ping and Jing: Conjoined twins who perform as singers for soldiers in Korea.
- Bevin Kaye as River Woman (Mermaid).
- David Denman as Don Price: A boy from Ashton who was always overshadowed by Edward's achievements.
- Loudon Wainwright III as Beamen: The mayor of Spectre, and Jenny's father.
- Missi Pyle as Mildred: Beamen's wife.
- Miley Cyrus as 8-year-old Ruthie. Credited as Destiny Cyrus.
- Daniel Wallace as Economics Teacher
- Deep Roy as Mr. Soggybottom, the circus clown and Amos' Attorney.
Themes[link]
"Big Fish is about what's real and what's fantastic, what's true and what's not true, what's partially true and how, in the end, it's all true."
Tim Burton[1]
The reconciliation of the father-son relationship between Edward and William is the key theme in Big Fish.[2][3] Novelist Daniel Wallace's interest in the theme of the father-son relationship began with his own family. Wallace found the "charming" character of Edward Bloom similar to his father, who used charm to keep his distance from other people.[4] In the film, Will believes Edward has never been honest with him because Edward creates extravagant myths about his past to hide himself, using storytelling as an avoidance mechanism.[5] Edward's stories are filled with fairy tale characters (a witch, mermaid, giant, and werewolf) and places (the circus, small towns, the mythological city of Spectre), all of which are classic images and archetypes.[6][7] The quest motif propels both Edward's story and Will's attempt to get to the bottom of it. Wallace explains: "The father's quest is to be a big fish in a big pond, and the son's quest is to see through his tall tales."[4]
Screenwriter John August identified with Will's character and adapted it after himself. In college, August's father died, and like Will, August had attempted to get to know him before his death, but found it difficult. Like Will, August had studied journalism and was 28 years old. In the film, Will says of Edward, "I didn't see anything of myself in my father, and I don't think he saw anything of himself in me. We were like strangers who knew each other very well."[8] Will's description of his relationship with Edward closely resembled August's own relationship with his father.[8] Director Tim Burton also used the film to confront his thoughts and emotions concerning the death of his father in 2000:[3] "My father had been ill for a while... I tried to get in touch with him, to have, like in this film, some sort of resolution, but it was impossible."[6]
Religion and film scholar Kent L. Brintnall observes how the father-son relationship resolves itself at the end of the film. As Edward dies, Will finally lets go of his anger and begins to understand his father for the first time:
In a final gesture of love and comprehension, after a lifetime of despising his father's stories and his father as story-teller, Will finishes the story his father has begun, pulling together the themes, images and characters of his father's storied life to blend reality and fantasy in act of communion and care. By unselfishly releasing the anger he has held about his father's stories, Will gains the understanding that all we are is our stories and that his father's stories gave him a reality and substance and a dimension that was as real, genuine, and deep as the day-to-day experiences that Will sought out. Will comes to understand, then, that his father—and the rest of us—are our stories and that the deeper reality of our lives may, in fact, not be our truest self.[9]
Production[link]
Development[link]
About six months before it was published, screenwriter John August read a manuscript of Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions (1998) by author Daniel Wallace.[10] August read the unpublished novel following the death of his father. In September 1998,[11] August convinced Columbia Pictures to acquire the film rights on his behalf.[12] August worked hard to make the episodic book into a cohesive screenplay, deciding on several narrators for the script.[6] In August 2000, producers Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks began discussions for Steven Spielberg to direct. Spielberg planned to have DreamWorks co-finance and distribute Big Fish with Columbia, and planned to have filming start in late-2001,[13] after completing Minority Report (2002).[14]
Spielberg courted Jack Nicholson for the role of Edward Bloom, Sr. and towards this end, had August compose two additional drafts for Nicholson's part. August recalls: "There was this thought that there wasn't enough for Jack Nicholson to do in the movie so we built new sequences. Pieces got moved around, but it wasn't a lot of new stuff being created. It ended up being a really good intellectual exercise in my explaining and defending and reanalyzing pieces of the story."[12] Spielberg eventually left Big Fish when he became distracted with Catch Me If You Can (2002),[15] and DreamWorks also backed out of the film.[13]
With Spielberg no closer to committing, August, working with Jinks and Cohen,[12] considered Stephen Daldry as a potential director.[16] "Once Steven decided he wasn't going to do it, we put the script back to the way it was," recalls Jinks. "Steven even said, 'I think I made a mistake with a couple of things I asked you guys to try.'" August took his favorite elements from the previous drafts, coming up with what he called "a best-of Big Fish script. "By the time we approached Tim Burton, the script was in the best shape it had ever been."[12]
"My father had recently died and, although I wasn't really close to him, it was a heavy time, and it made me start thinking and going back to the past. It was something that was very difficult for me to discuss, but then this script came along and it actually dealt with those same issues, and so it was an amazing catharsis to do this film — because you're able to work through those feelings without having to talk to a therapist about it."
Tim Burton[6]
Burton had never been particularly close to his parents, but his father's death in October 2000 and his mother's in March 2002 affected him deeply. Following the production of Planet of the Apes (2001), the director wanted to get back to making a smaller film. Burton enjoyed the script, feeling that it was the first unique story he was offered since Beetlejuice (1988). Burton also found appeal in the story's combination of an emotional drama with exaggerated tall tales, which allowed him to tell various stories of different genres.[6] He signed to direct in April 2002,[17] which prompted Richard D. Zanuck, who worked with Burton on Planet of the Apes, to join Big Fish as a producer. Zanuck also had a difficult relationship with his own father, Darryl F. Zanuck, who once fired him as head of production at 20th Century Fox.[12]
Casting[link]
For the character of Edward Bloom, Burton spoke with Jack Nicholson, Spielberg's initial choice for the role. Burton had previously worked with Nicholson on Batman (1989) and Mars Attacks! (1996). In order to depict Nicholson as the young Bloom, Burton intended to use a combination of computer-generated imagery and prosthetic makeup. The director then decided to cast around for the two actors in question.[6] Jinks and Cohen, who were then working with Ewan McGregor on Down with Love (2003), suggested that Burton cast both McGregor and Albert Finney for Edward. Burton later compared McGregor's acting style to regular colleague Johnny Depp.[6] Viewing Finney's performance in Tom Jones (1963), Burton found him similar to McGregor, and coincidentally found a People magazine article comparing the two.[12] McGregor, being Scottish, found it easier performing with a Southern American English accent. "It's a much easier accent to do then a standard American accent because you can really hear it. You can get your teeth into it. Standard American is much harder because it's more lyrical."[18] The same dual casting applied to the role of Bloom's wife, Sandra, who would be played by Jessica Lange and Alison Lohman.[6] Burton commented that he was impressed with Lohman's performance in White Oleander (2002).[19] Burton's girlfriend, Helena Bonham Carter, was also cast in two roles. Her prosthetic makeup for The Witch took five hours to apply. "I was pregnant throughout filming, so it was weird being a pregnant witch," the actress reflected. "I had morning sickness, so all those fumes and the make-up and the rubber...it was hideous."[20]
Burton personalized the film with several cameos. While filming in Alabama, the crew tracked down Billy Redden, one of the original banjo-players from Deliverance (1972). Redden was working as a part-owner of a restaurant in Clayton, Georgia, and he agreed to reprise his role in the Spectre vignette. As Edward Bloom first enters the town, Redden can be seen on a porch plucking a few notes from "Dueling Banjos". Burton was pleased with the result: "If you're watching the film and don't recognise the solitary, enigmatic figure on the porch, that's fine. But if you do – well, it just makes me so happy to see him and I think other people will feel the same way."[21] Original Big Fish author Daniel Wallace makes a brief appearance as Sandra's economics teacher in the "Courtship of Sandra Templeton" scene.[22]
Filming[link]
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Burton focused on the story and limited the use of digital effects. Costume designer Colleen Atwood created special dresses for identical twins Ada and Arlene Tai, who played the role of Ping and Jing. One set of dresses created the effect of fused twins on camera, while another set enhanced the added CGI of conjoined twins.[23][24]
Burton planned to have filming start in October 2002, but principal photography in Alabama did not begin until January 13, 2003.[13] Apart from filming in Paris for one week in May, Big Fish was entirely shot in Alabama,[6] mostly in Montgomery (such as the Cloverdale neighborhood)[15] and Wetumpka.[25] Brief filming also took place in Tallassee and on the campus of Huntingdon College.[26] Scenes for the town of Spectre were filmed on a custom set located on an island between Montgomery and Millbrook Alabama. Principal photography for Big Fish in Alabama lasted from until the first week of April.[27][28] and is estimated to have generated as much as $25 million for the local economy.[25]
Burton filmed all the dramatic hospital scenes and most of those involving Finney first, before moving on to the McGregor section of Bloom's life.[12] Although McGregor was on set from the very beginning of filming, Burton chose to shoot all Finney's scenes first.[6] Location filming in Alabama experienced a setback due to weather problems. During the production of the Calloway circus scenes, a tornado watch was issued and flooding on the set interrupted filming for several weeks.[29][30] Despite the delays due to weather, Burton was able to deliver the film on budget and on schedule.[12]
The director attempted to use as limited an amount of digital effects as possible. However, because he wanted to evoke a Southern Gothic fantasy tone for Big Fish, color grading techniques were applied by Sony Pictures Imageworks.[6] Stan Winston Studios, with whom Burton worked with on Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Batman Returns (1992), designed Helena Bonham Carter's prosthetic makeup and created the animatronics.[31] Scenes with Karl the Giant were commissioned using forced perspective filmmaking.[24]
Music[link]
The Big Fish soundtrack was composed by regular Burton collaborator Danny Elfman.[6] Burton approached Pearl Jam during post-production to request an original song for the soundtrack and closing credits. After screening an early print of the film, Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder went home and wrote "Man of the Hour", completing the demo by the next day. It was recorded by the band four days later.[32] Guitarist Mike McCready stated, "We were so blown away by the movie...Eddie and I were standing around talking about it afterwards and were teary-eyed. We were so emotionally charged and moved by the imagination and humanity that we felt because of the movie."[32]
Release[link]
Columbia Pictures planned to wide release Big Fish in the United States on November 26, 2003[33] before pushing it back to December 10 for a limited release.[34] The film premiered on December 4, 2003 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan.[35] The domestic wide release in the U.S. came on January 9, 2004, with the film appearing in 2,406 theaters and earning $13.81 million in its opening weekend. The film eventually grossed $66.81 million in U.S. totals and $56.11 million in foreign countries, with a total of $122.92 million worldwide.[36]
Home media[link]
The Region 1 DVD was released on April 27, 2004,[37] and Region 2 was released on June 7.[38] The DVD features a Burton audio commentary track, seven featurettes and a trivia quiz. A special edition was released on November 1, 2005, with a 24-page hardback book entitled Fairy Tale for a Grown Up.[39] The film was released on Blu-ray Disc on March 20, 2007.[40]
Critical reception[link]
Alison Lohman's performance as the young Sandra Templeton was well received among critics.
Big Fish received mixed to positive reviews from film critics. Based on 212 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, 76% of the critics positively reviewed Big Fish, for an average score of 7.2/10.[41] By comparison, Metacritic calculated an average score of 57/100, based on 43 reviews.[42]
Observations modeled the film after Forrest Gump (1994).[43][44][45] "Big Fish turns into a wide-eyed Southern Gothic picaresque in which each lunatic twist of a development is more enchanting than the last," Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote. "It's like Forrest Gump without the bogus theme-park politics."[45] Peter Travers from Rolling Stone magazine praised Burton's direction, feeling it was a celebration of the art of storytelling and a touching father–son drama.[43]
Mike Clark of USA Today commented that he was most fascinated by the casting choices. "Equally delightful is the Alison Lohman character's evolution into an older woman (Jessica Lange). It's a metamorphosis to equal any in screen history."[44] Internet reviewer James Berardinelli found the fairy tale approach reminiscent of The Princess Bride (1987) and the films of Terry Gilliam. "Big Fish is a clever, smart fantasy that targets the child inside every adult," Berardinelli said, "without insulting the intelligence of either."[46] Roger Ebert, unmoved in a negative review, wrote "there is no denying that Will has a point: The old man is a blowhard. There is a point at which his stories stop working as entertainment and segue into sadism."[47] Richard Corliss of Time magazine was disappointed, finding the father-son reconciliation storyline to be over-dramatically cliché. "You recall The Boy Who Cried Wolf? Edward Bloom is the man who cried fish."[48] Big Fish was placed at 85 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s.[49]
Accolades[link]
Big Fish received the most nominations at the 61st Golden Globe Awards without a single win, including Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), Best Supporting Actor (Finney), Best Original Score and Best Original Song (Eddie Vedder's "Man of the Hour").[50]
At the 57th British Academy Film Awards, the film received seven nominations from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, including Best Film, Best Direction (Tim Burton), Best Adapted Screenplay (John August), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Albert Finney), Best Production Design (Dennis Gassner), Best Visual Effects (Kevin Scott Mack, Seth Maury, Lindsay MacGowan, Paddy Eason) as well as Best Makeup and Hair (Jean Ann Black and Paul LeBlanc).[51]
Finney received another nomination for Best Actor at the 30th Saturn Awards, where the film was also nominated for Best Fantasy Film.[52]
At the 76th Academy Awards, Danny Elfman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.[53] In 2005, Elfman received a nomination at the 47th Grammy Awards for the Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture.[54]
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- August, John (Jan/Feb 2004). "Big Fish". Script Magazine (Final Draft) 10 (1).
- McCarthy, Todd (December 1, 2003). "Big Fish". Variety (Reed Business Information) 293 (13): 45.
- McMahan, Alison (2005). The Films of Tim Burton: Animating Live Action in Contemporary Hollywood. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8264-1567-9.
- Scott, A. O. (December 10, 2003). "Big Fish – Film Review; Hook, Line and Sinker: A Life of Telling Tall Tales". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C03E1D81E3DF933A25751C1A9659C8B63. (Registration required)
- Wilson, Barrie (Spring 2008). "Big Fish: Understanding Historical Narrative". Journal of Religion and Popular Culture (Department of Religious Studies and Anthropology, University of Saskatchewan) 18 (1). http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/art18-bigfish.html.
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JOIN BOB THE BUILDER AND DO THE BIG FISH LITTLE FISH DANCE Bob the Builder is back with his new song Big Fish Little Fish, out on 24 November! To celebrate, Bob is running a competition to find the best performer of the BIG FISH LITTLE FISH dance. To enter, all you have to do is upload yourself, friends and family doing the dance, and post them as a video response below. All entries will be viewed and the winners will be announced and featured on Bobs YouTube channel uk.youtube.com The winning clip will also be added to a Bob DVD release in 2009! To help you with his moves, Bobs created a dance tutorial (featured), and full colour dance sheet for you to download zaphod.uk.vvhp.net Competition closes 31 December 2008. Join in the fun and do the Big Fish Little Fish dance now! Bob's new album 'Nevermind The Breeze Blocks' is out on the 1st December! Pre-order a copy here - zaphod.uk.vvhp.net T&Cs 1.The competition commences on November 17th 2008 at 6pm GMT and all entries must be submitted to the site on or before December 31st 2008 at 11:59pm GMT (the contest closing date). 2. If you are under the age of eighteen (18) you must obtain permission from your parent or guardian before you enter this competition. 3. The Contest is open to all individuals except for employees of the Sponsors and their affiliated companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and all persons with whom such excepted persons are domiciled 4. All decisions of the judging panel are final. 5. Entries <b>...</b>
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